Whoa! The Huntin's HOT Around Here

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:47 am

Fellow Guncranks,
I'v always said Pennsylvania has some of the best huntin' in the country. Well, today, I have "braggin' rights". Its in the eighties and the Carpenter bees are on the move. And so am I. This is just a sampling of what I harvested as some were blown to bits and others were lost in the foilage. A few were eaten by the dogs. No more holes in MY barn, you stinkin' pests!

-------------------------Sixgun --

You boys have a nice day.

Marlin 39A with Remington & Winchester .22 Shot,

,

Other "tools of the trade". They work just as good but not nearly as fun. The 2+2 will pop 'em right out of the air and is also good for "coup 'de grace" shots. The custom 3/8" paddle with holes drilled in it is also deadly and doubles nicely for unruly children.

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:08 am

WOW, PA is truly a hunters paradise!!!

Looks like great practice and a lot of fun. I bow to you oh great one.

Post by **Hobie** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:12 am

I hate dem things!

piller · Post by **piller** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:15 am

Turning a problem into a hunting opportunity. Love It!!

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:16 am

You sure those are bees? They look like small birds to me.

J

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TedH · Post by **TedH** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:17 am

How do you go about field dressing one of those little buggers?

.45colt · Post by **.45colt** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:28 am

Good shooting, I have defended Myself from those buggers for years,and settled on My .410 skeet gun. it stops a charge instantly with any kind of a hit

. if they get really close then we use them for badminton practice,a good Ole racket knocks them right down.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 10:02 am

Sixgun wrote: The custom 3/8" paddle with holes drilled in it is also deadly and doubles nicely for unruly children.

This could explain why Sixgun Jr. moved out west!

Hairy Clipper · Post by **Hairy Clipper** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 10:32 am

It looks as though someone is living out the Minutes of the Lower Forty stories. Corey Ford is alive and well!

Post by **Old Savage** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:11 am

Pennsylvania, only the strong survive.

mikld · Post by **mikld** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:12 am

Did you get them "on the wing"? Or did you have to stalk them? Wear camo?

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:16 am

That's one honey of a hunt, Bro....... I hive never seen such success beefore.....

pokey · Post by **pokey** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:45 am

BlaineG wrote:That's one honey of a hunt, Bro....... I hive never seen such success beefore.....

i guess you will never BEE the hunter sixgun seems to BEE.

JohndeFresno · Post by **JohndeFresno** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:13 pm

.45-70 300 grain cast solids work best - penetration through and through!

salvo · Post by **salvo** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:32 pm

What bees? All I see is a nice old 39A

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:11 pm

they look like bumble bees, not carpenter bees. but I could BEE mistaken. nice rifle, and I have a can full of those .22 shot shells, may bee fun to go see what I can see.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 2:35 pm

I never can seem to get drawn for the quota hunt on them things down here. Get missed every year. You gonna take 'em to the taxidermist?

Maybe a nice mount of them all sittin around playin cards?

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:52 pm

Oh boy, all of those witty responses!

This time of the year those bees will fly right at you but I never have been stung--don't even know if they can. The suckers look like golf balls with wings on 'em.

I guess I could pay a couple of hundred to have them professionally removed but thats a couple of hundred I could be spending on primers and powder. A mans got to keep his priorities straight

-------Sixgun

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:31 pm

Used to do that with my Red Ryder.

Jack,
Darned nice looking 39!

jb

HATCHETTJACK · Post by **HATCHETTJACK** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:10 pm

TedH wrote:How do you go about field dressing one of those little buggers?

stand on their wings and pull the hind legs... saves the breast and legs

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:16 pm

Ysabel Kid wrote: This could explain why Sixgun Jr. moved out west!

Kid,
No, the reason he moved out West was because I encouraged him to move to a place where I could come out elk hunting for free. Then I encouraged him to buy a 4X4 truck and all the camp gear.

Now, I'm trying to talk him into buying a gunshop. Hey, my mamma didn't raise no fool.

------------Sixgun

Dewight · Post by **Dewight** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:43 am

You should be hunting them with a 218 BEE. Or as an alternative, a 22 Hornet. If you prefer a higher velocity, a 6mmSM Wasp.

Steelbanger · Post by **Steelbanger** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:08 am

Hello Sixgun,

What a coincidence! My son-in-law & I were doing the exact same thing yesterday. He and my daughter live in a log home and have been reluctantly sharing it with the bees for years. If they're active you can see piles of saw(bee)dust below the holes they bore. The defense started in earnest yesterday.

I had a few CCI 22 LR shotshells and killed the first bee with one of them but not out of a levergun. The weapon of choice turned out to be a 12 ga. H & R, 28" full choke. Being a few hours north & west of you our bees are much larger. Ammunition used was some old Mini Shells I had around for many years. They're reloadable, take a charge of 1 (one) grain of bullseye, two .410 card wads over the powder, 80 grains of fine shot and topped with another card wad. The son-in-law had a long run going, said all he saw after one shot was a wing floating toward the ground! We didn't have any blaze orange on, did you?

Photo is of my other box of Mini's, these being 20 ga.

Best regards

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:12 am

This topic is starting to bug me...

Modoc ED · Post by **Modoc ED** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:16 am

Anybody heard of a fly-swatter!!

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:20 am

rjohns94 wrote:they look like bumble bees, not carpenter bees. but I could BEE mistaken. nice rifle, and I have a can full of those .22 shot shells, may bee fun to go see what I can see.

Mike, don't you see their tool belts?

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:48 pm

Last year he was hunting mosquitos, I think his eye

is starting to go.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:12 pm

Steelbanger wrote:Hello Sixgun,

What a coincidence! My son-in-law & I were doing the exact same thing yesterday. He and my daughter live in a log home and have been reluctantly sharing it with the bees for years. If they're active you can see piles of saw(bee)dust below the holes they bore. The defense started in earnest yesterday.

I had a few CCI 22 LR shotshells and killed the first bee with one of them but not out of a levergun. The weapon of choice turned out to be a 12 ga. H & R, 28" full choke. Being a few hours north & west of you our bees are much larger. Ammunition used was some old Mini Shells I had around for many years. They're reloadable, take a charge of 1 (one) grain of bullseye, two .410 card wads over the powder, 80 grains of fine shot and topped with another card wad. The son-in-law had a long run going, said all he saw after one shot was a wing floating toward the ground! We didn't have any blaze orange on, did you?

Photo is of my other box of Mini's, these being 20 ga.

Best regards

Steelbanger, Something tells me we know each other. If you and both shoot steel we must

Do you attend the shoots at Tiadaghton or McKeen clubs

BTW, The responses keep getting wittier and wittier (is that spelled right?) I think I will take Dewights suggestion and crank out the old "Cat Rifle", the 218 Beeeeeeeeeeeeee-----------------------Sixgun

Steelbanger · Post by **Steelbanger** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:46 am

Sixgun,

Yep, we met at Tiadaghton a few years back. At that time I didn't realize you were an internet celebrity. When we met you were pondering your way home since the dog ate your road map. Remember?

I haven't done much silhouette in a few years and probably won't for the foreseeable future, my wife having very serious health issues. I would like to get to the states for one day since CSLC is only an hour drive but that's a long way off and I won't plan ahead for it.

I took reloading components for my son-in-law and he reported that he got the limit again yesterday. Some of these folks don't seem to understand.

Best regards.

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:41 am

FRIED or BBQ

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:48 am

Bugs are generally best fried... that or dehydrated and ground into flour. Just ask the Mormons.

I understand that some folks like multi-layer bug-coated honey sticks, but that's not my bag.

madman4570 · Post by **madman4570** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:32 am

Tell me if "I am really doing it or what"?
Up till a couple years ago when them little goomers where flying
around just hovering around my my steps, I thought look at them
cute little bumble bees.They would kind of dive bomb around you but
I thought look how friendly they are.My wife was always yelling at me to kill em.I said they are friendly and they are Bumble Bees how cute.Then my friend said "hey yahoo they are drilling holes in your
carport rafters" their carpenter bees and they are not the same two you always see.
Ok,Maybe I am semi-retarded

now I am pi**ed and me and my
schnauzer are killing em all.

Travis Morgan · Post by **Travis Morgan** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:36 pm

How do they taste, cooked in a little buffalo sauce?

madman4570 · Post by **madman4570** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:43 am

Rednecks Ridgeback Suprise

1 Cup Carpenter Bees
1/2 cup of Deer ticks
4 Cups Hunts Tomato sauce
1/4 Cup Hot Sauce

Microwave @ High 7mins.
Pour over favorite Pasta and go to it, licking the plate clean.

Travis Morgan · Post by **Travis Morgan** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:17 pm

Sixgun Jr.,

Where did you get that outfit for your dog?
My aunt has one of those dogs.

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:00 pm

Sry, I found the pic online somewhere. It's to make fun of my dad's 12,000 yorkies.

piller · Post by **piller** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:06 pm

Wasn't Bush's dog Barney a Yorkie. The one who bit the reporter. If so, then I think I will start liking Yorkies, too. Some reporters just deserve to find out that they are not God's gift to the world.

madman4570 · Post by **madman4570** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:12 pm

I think that was a Scotty!
There cute.I love the Yorkies,we almost got one but my wife settled on a Mini Schnauzer.
They are kinda like the Yorkie but I think they bark more though.
But no shedding/dander/ chew only their toys/smart as whips! Both types are great!

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:28 pm

Sixgun jr wrote:Sry, I found the pic online somewhere. It's to make fun of my dad's 12,000 yorkies.

Oooooo, this boy of mine is gonna get it. You lie!!!

All that tough talk from 2000 miles away. We do not have 12,000 Yorkies!

We only have 14 Yorkies, 6 cats, 3 horses, and two children that wish they were treated as well as our animals

----Yo PAPPA

SmokeEater2 · Post by **SmokeEater2** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:35 pm

Sixgun wrote:
Sixgun jr wrote:Sry, I found the pic online somewhere. It's to make fun of my dad's 12,000 yorkies.
Oooooo, this boy of mine is gonna get it. You lie!!! All that tough talk from 2000 miles away. We do not have 12,000 Yorkies! We only have 14 Yorkies, 6 cats, 3 horses, and two children that wish they were treated as well as our animals ----Yo PAPPA

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:34 am

Sixgun wrote:
Sixgun jr wrote:Sry, I found the pic online somewhere. It's to make fun of my dad's 12,000 yorkies.
Oooooo, this boy of mine is gonna get it. You lie!!! All that tough talk from 2000 miles away. We do not have 12,000 Yorkies! We only have 14 Yorkies, 6 cats, 3 horses, and two children that wish they were treated as well as our animals ----Yo PAPPA

Sad, but true.

3leggedturtle · Post by **3leggedturtle** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:56 pm

TedH wrote:How do you go about field dressing one of those little buggers?

Melt some chocolate, dip em in, put on wax paper, let cool, then eat